Valentine's Day traditionally is a day to show and
celebrate love. So why do not take this as a chance to show your love for Free Software this year?

#ilovefs day 2013

As every year, Valentine's Day will be celebrated on the 14th of
February, which will be a Thursday this year. Similar to last year, the FSFE is
planning an online campaign to celebrate this day as an "I love Free
Software" - Day.

Campaign: Spread your love for Free Software

Our online campaign aims at rising awareness to Free Software and the
passionate, hard-working people behind it. Show them that you appreciate their
work – it could make all the difference! Others already did so, to get
inspired you can read why they
love Free Software.

Of course, there are lots of ways to declare one's love... Here are just
some ideas about how you can go public and proclaim your love to Free
Software.

E-Mail/Letters Send active Free Software supporters a
message thanking them for their work. Do not underestimate the effects of
such a message. As many Free Software developers work hard for their projects
without earning money, a big "thank you" / "love you" is like good fuel for
their further encouragement

Microblog Especially on Valentine's Day, microblog about
how you love Free Software, and use the Hashtag #ilovefs. Encourage
your friends to do as well, let us try to push our message in a high ranking on Twitter
trends and hashtag timelines in identi.ca and other blogging system.

Blog If you are a Blogger, blog about the "I love Free
Software" - Day and the idea behind it. Get people attracted by the idea of
Free Software.

Banners We set up a page
showing different banners that support the "I love Free Software" - Day
and that are free to use. Some even come along with code snippets to easily
implement it on your homepage or blog.

Send us pictures of how
you are expressing your feelings for Free Software. We will publish them
on our website, making a gallery of Free Software lovers from around the
world!

Wear shirts and sweaters showing your support for Free Software. If
you need new stuff, you can order some from
us, or from your favourite Free Software project.

Money can't buy you love... but it can help to fight for your freedom. Donate to FSFE or another Free
Software initiative to express your gratitude. They depend on your
contribution to continue their work. So check out your favourite organisation
and make a donation. You can be sure they will love you back.

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"Software freedom in Europe" is the yearly report of the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE). In one document, it gives you a breakdown of important things the FSFE has done and achieved during the last 12 months. In the 2018 report, you will read about our electoral campaigns, our input on the European Union's copyright reform, and about our successful outreach in demanding publicly financed software be made publicly available under a Free Software licence. You will also get insights about the events we (co-)organised and about our community and groups that helped us with these achievements. Finally, we will display some numbers showing what resources we counted on, and giving an outlook for the next year.

On Wednesday 14th of February, our community celebrated the
annual "I love Free Software Day". A day to declare love to the communities
most important to you as well as saying "Thank You" to the Free Software
projects surrounding us every single day. The Free Software Foundation Europe
also wants to thank everyone who cheered and contributed to make this day as
special as it could be.

The Free Software Foundation Europe calls on everyone to say "thank you" to all contributors to Free Software on 14 February. Last year the annual I Love Free Software Day has been committed with offline activism to tell people outside of our filter bubble about the importance of Free Software. This Wednesday, we will go back to our roots and focus on why this day has been invented in the first place: to celebrate the Free Software community.

On Tuesday 14th of February, the "I Love Free
Software" day was celebrated for its eighth consecutive year, in what
can now be called a tradition. This day has become a special day for
people all around the world to declare their love and affection not
only to their partner but also to the whole Free Software
community.

In celebration of the "I love Free Software" day on
February 14, the Berlin Reichtag has been illuminated with the message
"Give Free Software A Chance" last weekend. On numerous buildings and
symbolic places in Berlin other messages have been projected. "Build
Free Software - Not Walls" could have been read on the Berlin Wall, and
the Federal Ministry of Finances has been decorated by the slogan
"Public Money, Public Code". Thereby, activists draw attention to the
importance of larger appreciation of Free Software.

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